How to survive a plane crash

[Baked]

What a stupid article. The answer is you don't. Plane nose dives at >45 degree angle, upon impact, you die. End of story.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: Baked
What a stupid article. The answer is you don't. Plane nose dives at >45 degree angle, upon impact, you die. End of story.

I think the article assumes a survivable crash, i.e. how to not die once the plane is no longer flying and you are not dead yet.

MotionMan

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: waggy
i have a foolproof way to survive a plane crash...stay home!

Assuming the plane does not land on your house.

MotionMan

shit! a hitch in my plan.


ok..time to buy cave and turn it into a housE!

 

[So]

Originally posted by: waggy
i have a foolproof way to survive a plane crash...stay home!

The only way to be safe is to hide in a bunker with redundant off grid systems somewhere in central austrailia (can't go anywhere in NA because of the yellowstone supervolcano) and wear a hazmat suit 24/7.

Anything else is playing dice with your life.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: waggy
i have a foolproof way to survive a plane crash...stay home!

The only way to be safe is to hide in a bunker with redundant off grid systems somewhere in central austrailia (can't go anywhere in NA because of the yellowstone supervolcano) and wear a hazmat suit 24/7.

Anything else is playing dice with your life.

hmm bummer. austrailia gets to hot so i will pass.

 

[destrekor]

My method:
Lean back, close eyes, and mentally kiss my ass goodbye while doing what I can to stay calm and muscles relaxed. Taught muscles mean injury occurs faster if an injury is possible to avoid - think drunk drivers and sober drivers in accidents - tense muscles can make breakage and muscle injuries far more likely to occur. Plane crashes, well... harder to avoid injury if injury is going to occur. So... sit back, and worry about what to do next in the event I'm still functioning after the fact.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: destrekor
My method:
Lean back, close eyes, and mentally kiss my ass goodbye while doing what I can to stay calm and muscles relaxed. Taught muscles mean injury occurs faster if an injury is possible to avoid - think drunk drivers and sober drivers in accidents - tense muscles can make breakage and muscle injuries far more likely to occur. Plane crashes, well... harder to avoid injury if injury is going to occur. So... sit back, and worry about what to do next in the event I'm still functioning after the fact.

In traffic school (Yes, I have a LOT of experience in that in my early life), they tell you that if you know you are going to be in an auto accident, the best thing you can do to avoid injury is to "relax".

Easier said than done, of course.

MotionMan

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: MotionMan

Originally posted by: destrekor
My method:
Lean back, close eyes, and mentally kiss my ass goodbye while doing what I can to stay calm and muscles relaxed. Taught muscles mean injury occurs faster if an injury is possible to avoid - think drunk drivers and sober drivers in accidents - tense muscles can make breakage and muscle injuries far more likely to occur. Plane crashes, well... harder to avoid injury if injury is going to occur. So... sit back, and worry about what to do next in the event I'm still functioning after the fact.

In traffic school (Yes, I have a LOT of experience in that in my early life), they tell you that if you know you are going to be in an auto accident, the best thing you can do to avoid injury is to "relax".

Easier said than done, of course.

MotionMan

Very true. You can tell yourself as many times as you'd like that you will relax your body before an accident. However, your brain has a different take and says "eff this person's thoughts - he doesn't know what's good for him. ALL MUSCLES - LOCK NOW!! bwahaha" and then oops, uncontrollable instinct/stress responses kick in. It takes a person with extreme connection to your own body to stop the very natural reaction. Our body does so many things as instinct responses that are actually the worst course of action 99% of the time. Sadly, it must have been that 1% of times that were most frequent when man was coming into the picture, and those body responses have stuck.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: waggy
i have a foolproof way to survive a plane crash...stay home!

Not the best plan, actually. Whenever a plane crashes in a resedential neighborhood you hear about a few people that get killed sitting at home.

 

[Locut0s]

Find the hottest woman on the plane. Memorize her seat location. In the event of a crash make a b-line for her and hit it. If you suvive you can always blame temporary insanity.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel

Originally posted by: Fritzo
They forgot "be sure to jump up in the air the second before the plane hits the ground".

This is also how you survive falling elevators.

I've always wondered if that's true. Like if you are on any object falling and you jump very last minute, would you actually survive? And would you even be able to jump? Maybe there's just too much force at that point.

No. Let's say the elevator was falling at 100mph. Therefore, everything INSIDE the elevator is also falling at 100mph. Your jump would do nothing to prevent the splat as is there really a difference from hitting the ground at 100mph vs. 98mph?

OK people, this was a joke that I saw Bugs Bunny do when I was a kid. Please don't start quoting Mythbusters and getting out your physics books.

 

[bignateyk]

Step 1: Get first class ticket
Step 2: Drink so much you don't care what happens